Brown, Parker release new ads

City Councilman Peter Brown on Tuesday unveiled his third ad, touting his crime-fighting plan.

The ad deals extensively with Brown’s intention to institute “neighborhood policing,” something all the major candidates have said they will do, which an announcer defines as putting “more officers back on the beat, where they’re needed, to fight crime in every neighborhood.”

City Controller Annise Parker released her second ad, “Only One,” which she begins with what certainly seems like a subtle swipe at Peter Brown, who observers know is no stranger to the word “plan.”

“Leadership means more than plans,” she said. “You have to deliver, too.”

The ad weaves details about her biography with her policy ideas for economic development, noting her “Hire Houston First” initiative and multi-year experience in the oil and gas industry.

Anyone else notice that the cops are not cops at all but security guards from Blue Moon Investigations? You can just see the shoulder patch and logo in a couple of shots. I guess it does not really matter, but it bothers me a tad that Brown is implying that they are real cops. Not to be running down security guys, though. They’re not all Paul Blart, Mall Cop.

Great chatter, but neither will do either. There are no funds for any of the initiatives presented without raising taxes. It seems no one can do anything without raising taxes. People are not in the mood for anything these days, except keeping money in their pockets for their own expenses.

Once again, I am left with NO mayoral candidate to vote for. Parker? Brown? Locke? Morales? All gargabe!

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Ditto, CD – It’s worse for some of us; we have to live with the impact of poor leadership in Houston, but live just outside the City Limits. I get no vote, but I still get the fall-out from the disdain shown by Houston’s Mayor & Council for the laws of the United States. I’ll donate to the first one to stand up and swear, under oath, that he or she will return ownership of Houston to the Citizens (and legal residents) of Houston, and clean the trash off the streets.